Understanding neurodivergence
Articles based on published research: ADHD, autism, dyslexia, mood, sleep, and what actually helps.
Food and Mood: What Is Actually Proven in Humans
Social media is full of claims that a food causes anxiety or cures depression, often based on mouse studies. Here is what trials in people really show: a real but modest effect of diet on depression, no clear effect on anxiety, and weak evidence for supplements.
Vitamin D and ADHD: Deficiency Is Twice as Common, but What Do the Trials Really Show?
Meta-analyses find that people with ADHD have lower vitamin D and are about twice as likely to be deficient. Supplement trials show small gains in attention when added to medication, and a vitamin D plus magnesium trial went viral. Here is the honest picture, including the caveat almost nobody mentions.
Luteolin and Autism: What the Real Study Behind the Viral Post Actually Found
A post claims children with autism took luteolin, a flavonoid "found in celery and parsley," and improved. A real study exists. It is smaller, less controlled, and less certain than the post suggests.
Can a DNA Test Tell You Which Nutrients Your ADHD Needs? What Trials Actually Show
Posts selling DNA reports claim your gene variants reveal which vitamins your ADHD brain is missing. The genes are real, the nutrients are real, and the leap between them has never been tested.
Children With ADHD Have More Parasitic and Infectious Diseases. Here's What That Actually Means.
A 2022 study found children with ADHD had higher rates of intestinal parasites, and a large Israeli cohort of 50,000+ children found more infections overall. Real findings - but not proof that parasites cause ADHD, and definitely not a reason to try deworming as treatment.
Your Gut Talks to Your Neurodivergent Brain. Here's What's Real and What's Myth.
Around 1 in 3 autistic people have gastrointestinal problems, and gut symptoms track with sensory, sleep and behavioral difficulties. The gut-brain axis is real science - but "diets that cure autism" are not. An honest, sourced breakdown.
Mental Health
Ultra-Processed Foods and ADHD in Children: What Does the Science Actually Say?
You may have seen the claim on social media that removing processed foods cuts ADHD symptoms by 64%. The study is real, but the story is more nuanced than the headline suggests.
ADHD and Nutrition: How What You Eat Shapes Your Focus
Science confirms it: diet directly influences dopamine, attention and impulsivity in ADHD. Discover the foods, deficiencies and strategies that change everything.
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